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Bristol's first LGBT+ football club are set to pete the semi-fal of England's natnal Gay Football Supporters' Network cup. The club have lled on the FA to tighten up s disciplary procr after reportg of homophobic abe their lol league did not rult swift actn beg taken. In a season where homophobic chants at match have ma the news – cludg here Bristol – teams like the Panthers and VMFC seek to mata an clive space wh football.

Mr Parry-Hall said that a lot of LGBTQ+ people are still not fortable playg regular league teams for fear of homophobia or transphobia, but that havg a space where you n be yourself is very important. " However, Mr Parry-Hall said only one profsnal footballer has e out as gay, Jt Fashanu, but he was treated very badly and sadly took his own life the late 1990s.

The chairman said that fans sometim e homophobic words towards players, addg another issue is homophobic songs beg chanted at players of Brighton & Hove Albn FC. As a gay man, is not pleasant to be a crowd of people sayg those words or chantg those songs, he ntued, and don't make LGBTQ+ fans feel safe or fortable, even if they know those words are not aimed directly at them.

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"As players, we have had experienc playg non-LGBTQ+ teams where they have ed homophobic terms towards bee they are trated or angry, " the chairman said. They play the Gay Football Supporters Network (GFSN) league, Mr Parry-Hall add, while also playg iendly gam wh all sorts of teams all over the untry and, for stance, have played agast the MET police before. Bristol Panthers, Bristol's only gay football team.

Image source, Getty ImagNearly 50, 000 people were followg a Twter acunt reportedly n by a Champnship footballer planng to e out as gay - until this @FootballerGay acunt was never verified, and there were doubts over whether was genue but drew huge attentn om football fans and the Aston Villa midfielr Thomas Hzlsperger revealed he was gay after retirg om the sport - but there are no out LGBT players the top tiers of men's UK football. It's only happened once before - 1990, when Jt Fashanu me out as gay.

"We still have issu regardg racial abe, let alone the homophobic abe that go on durg gam. "Image source, Bristol Cy PanthersImage ptn, "When 's you and your iends kickg a ball about no one really r about you beg gay, " says PhilPhil believ there is a "1950s attu" towards LGBT people profsnal football - pecially on the an example, he mentns a iend who would be "fe" if a player at his favoure club me out as gay - but wouldn't want his child supportg the footballer or wearg his shirt. 'LGBT fans endure horrible behavur'Before @FootballerGay leted his acunt, he changed his b to clu the le: "I thought I was strong enough.

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"There are lbian, gay and trans people every football stadium across the untry at every game, " says Robbie De Santos, Stonewall's director of sport.

"He says the lack of LGBT players on the pch at men's gam rults homophobic chants and attus on the terrac - and says that havg big stars football e out uld go some way to makg fans more tolerant. He's also cril of the "media enzy" that surround the acunt and the "unhelpful" speculatn that took place about who was behd the @FootballerGay acunt before was taken source, TwterImage ptn, The acunt was leted after ls than a month on TwterAttus football have evolved, Robbie says, and he hop the recent succs and populary of the Women's World Cup uld help show certa fans that football isn't only played by straight men. "That's somethg that would make a huge difference to gay football fans like Phil, who says if the @FootballerGay acunt was a fake, would show the lengths some supporters would go "to make harr for someone to e out sport".

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